Virtual Desktop Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Desktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Virtual Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 533 615
Rank change year-on-year +88 +82 -146
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 148 130 244
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the System Software category 3.44% 2.11% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 127 70 137
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,700
25th Percentile £36,298 £45,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £63,125 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £74,575 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +17.78%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Virtual Desktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,300 6,173 12,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 14.85% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,431 4,562 7,605
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,874 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

Virtual Desktop
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Desktop trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Desktop.

Virtual Desktop salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Virtual Desktop salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 53 (35.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (21.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 117 (79.05%) Azure
2 114 (77.03%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (31.76%) Entra ID
4 33 (22.30%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (13.51%) Azure Storage
6 18 (12.16%) IaaS
6 18 (12.16%) PaaS
7 14 (9.46%) AWS
7 14 (9.46%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (9.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (8.78%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (8.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (3.38%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.70%) Nutanix
11 3 (2.03%) Serverless
12 2 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.35%) Cloudflare
12 2 (1.35%) SaaS
13 1 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 48 (32.43%) Firewall
2 28 (18.92%) DNS
3 22 (14.86%) Remote Desktop
3 22 (14.86%) TCP/IP
4 21 (14.19%) VPN
5 20 (13.51%) LAN
5 20 (13.51%) WAN
6 16 (10.81%) DHCP
7 15 (10.14%) Network Security
8 13 (8.78%) NGFW
8 13 (8.78%) Wireshark
9 7 (4.73%) SAN
10 5 (3.38%) NetScaler
11 4 (2.70%) Wireless
12 3 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.35%) WLAN
14 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
14 1 (0.68%) MPLS
14 1 (0.68%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Git
General
1 51 (34.46%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.03%) Finance
3 8 (5.41%) Legal
3 8 (5.41%) Retail
4 7 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.38%) Banking
5 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.03%) Law
6 3 (2.03%) Police
7 2 (1.35%) Advertising
8 1 (0.68%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (20.27%) IT Support
2 19 (12.84%) Support Engineer
3 18 (12.16%) Lead
3 18 (12.16%) Senior
4 17 (11.49%) Analyst
4 17 (11.49%) IT Analyst
4 17 (11.49%) IT Engineer
4 17 (11.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (9.46%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.46%) Active Directory Support
5 14 (9.46%) Architect
5 14 (9.46%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (9.46%) Support Specialist
6 13 (8.78%) 3rd Line Support
6 13 (8.78%) Security Engineer
7 12 (8.11%) Citrix Architect
7 12 (8.11%) Cloud Architect
7 12 (8.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 12 (8.11%) DevOps Architect
8 11 (7.43%) Information Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (18.24%) ARM Templates
2 13 (8.78%) YAML
3 12 (8.11%) JSON
4 2 (1.35%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.22%) Management Information System
2 18 (12.16%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (10.81%) PKI
4 14 (9.46%) Data Centre
5 13 (8.78%) Private Cloud
5 13 (8.78%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (8.11%) iPad
6 12 (8.11%) Public Cloud
7 8 (5.41%) Mobile App
8 7 (4.73%) PMI
9 5 (3.38%) Low-Code
10 4 (2.70%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.70%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.70%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (2.03%) CMDB
11 3 (2.03%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 99 (66.89%) Windows
2 44 (29.73%) Windows Server
3 22 (14.86%) Android
3 22 (14.86%) Apple iOS
3 22 (14.86%) Windows 10
4 20 (13.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (13.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (10.14%) Linux
6 7 (4.73%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.49%) Agile
2 52 (35.14%) DevOps
3 38 (25.68%) ITIL
4 27 (18.24%) CI/CD
5 26 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (15.54%) Information Security
7 22 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (14.86%) Process Improvement
7 22 (14.86%) Roadmaps
8 20 (13.51%) People Management
9 19 (12.84%) Data Loss Prevention
10 18 (12.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (12.16%) Line Management
11 17 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (11.49%) Release Management
12 16 (10.81%) Identity Management
12 16 (10.81%) Security Operations
13 15 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (10.14%) Migration
13 15 (10.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 59 (39.86%) PowerShell
2 15 (10.14%) Bicep
3 14 (9.46%) C#
3 14 (9.46%) Python
3 14 (9.46%) VB
3 14 (9.46%) VBScript
4 2 (1.35%) Bash
5 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 31 (20.95%) Degree
2 15 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.46%) DV Cleared
3 14 (9.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 13 (8.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 13 (8.78%) CCSP
4 13 (8.78%) CEH
4 13 (8.78%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.78%) CISSP
4 13 (8.78%) SANS
4 13 (8.78%) SSCP
5 8 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.73%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.73%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CCA
9 1 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (8.78%) NIST
1 13 (8.78%) PCI DSS
2 12 (8.11%) QA
3 8 (5.41%) SLA
4 3 (2.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 82 (55.41%) Active Directory
2 50 (33.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (13.51%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (12.16%) Hyper-V
4 18 (12.16%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (8.78%) Virtual Servers
6 12 (8.11%) vSphere
7 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (2.70%) XenApp
8 4 (2.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 69 (46.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (22.30%) SCCM
3 26 (17.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (9.46%) Kubernetes
4 14 (9.46%) SCOM
4 14 (9.46%) WSUS
5 13 (8.78%) Nmap
5 13 (8.78%) Terraform
6 7 (4.73%) AirWatch
7 3 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (2.03%) Nessus
8 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 87 (58.78%) Microsoft
2 50 (33.78%) VMware
3 47 (31.76%) Citrix
4 13 (8.78%) Qualys
4 13 (8.78%) Rapid7
4 13 (8.78%) Splunk
4 13 (8.78%) Thycotic
5 11 (7.43%) ServiceNow
6 9 (6.08%) Veeam
7 7 (4.73%) Apple
7 7 (4.73%) Dell
7 7 (4.73%) HP
7 7 (4.73%) Symantec
7 7 (4.73%) Toshiba
8 5 (3.38%) Cisco
9 4 (2.70%) Aruba
10 3 (2.03%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.68%) EMC
11 1 (0.68%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.68%) Google